Adjustable hoe.



No. 865,632.- I I PATBNTE-D SEPT. 10, 1907.-

J, E. DAVIS. I ADJUSTABLE HOE APPLICIATION FILED JAN. 29, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

J. E. DAVIS. ADJUSTABLE HOE.-

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1907.

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Q/Zmes III/A JAMES E. DAVIS, OF PLEASANT SHADE, TENNESSEE.

ADJUSTABLE HOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

7 Application filed January 29,1907. Serial No. 354.670.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pleasant Shade, in the county of Smith, State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hoes;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to hoes-that are made adjustable on theirhandles in order to vary the inclination of the hoe-blade with respectto the plane of the handle.

It is the object of the invention to provide improved means for securingthe shank of the hoe adjustably on the handle and to lock it in anyposition to which it may be adjusted.

The nature of the invention may be ascertained from the device portrayedin the annexed drawing, forming a part of this specification, in view ofwhich the improvements will first be fully described with respect totheir construction and manner of operation and use, and then be pointedout in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawing-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedadjustable hoe and a portion of its handle. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the shank of the hoe detached. Fig. 5 is a transversesection in the plane 55, Fig. 1.

In the drawings 10 designates the hoe handle which on its lower endportion has the upper flattened end portions 11, of the extended spacedbars 12 riveted thereto on opposite sides thereof. The said flattenedportions 11 are preferably of somewhat concave form on their innersurfaces to lit on the sides of the hoe-handle and convex in form ontheir outer surfaces to conform somewhat to the rounded part of thehandle above.

13 designates the bladeof the hoe that may be of any suitable formhaving the angular portion 14 of its shank 15 attached thereto in anyknown or suitable way. The shank 15 may extend at or nearly at a rightangle to the plane of the blade and has its rearward end upturned as at16 at substantially right angles to the plane of the shank proper. Theforward part of the shank is secured between the forward ends of thespace bars 12 on a bolt 17 which bolt is passed through the bars and theshank 15 forming a pivot for the latter. The angular end 16 of the shankis grooved on its opposite sides as at 18 and is extended up and betweenthe bars 12 which are grooved on their inner sides, as at 19, conformingin shape and manner to the grooves 18 so that when said shank is clampedbetween the bars, as it may be, by the bolt 20 passing through the bars12 just to the rear of the angular extension 16, it will be held infixed position.

The shank of the bolts will be made square in cross section adjacent totheir heads and the holes through which the said bolts pass will be oflike form so as to assist in preventing the bolts from turning whenscrewed home.

21 designates a thin metal plate pivoted on a rivet 22 toward one endand snapped over the end of a rivet shank 23 at the other end, the endsof said plate resting against or nearly against the sides of the boltlocking the same against turning. The said plate will be of resilientcharacter so that it may be sprung out from con nection with its pivotalpin 23 and swung on the pivot 22 out of engagement with the bolt headsto permit the bolts to be removed or loosened, so that the shank 15 ofthe hoe may be adjusted through the medium of the forward pivot bolt andthe ribbed or grooved angular part of the shank. After an adjustment ismade as described, the bolts may be tightened and the plate 21 swung onits pivotal rivet and locked into position by causing the perforationthrough its forward part to en gage the pivot rivet 23.

In the manner described, it will be noted that the hoe blade may beadjusted in any desired position with respect to the handle so as tosuit a man of tall or short stature, or for any other means. It is to bealso noted that the construction provides for interchanging one hoe foranother having a different form or character of blade.

The locking strip 21 may be made of a resilient material that will notbe liable to-corrode, but under any circumstances, it is necessary thatit should be of resilient character to permit of its performing thefunctions hereinbefore ascribed to it.

What is claimed is- As an article of manufacture, an adjustable hoecomprising a handle having spaced bars extending from its lower end, theupper portions of the bar being secured to opposite sides of the handle,the hoe and its shank the latter having an upturned angular end ribbedand'g'rooved on its sides and projecting between the bars the contactings'dcs being correspondingly ribbed and grooved, a headed bolt extendingthrough the bars to the rear of the angular end of the shank to clampthe latter in position, a headed bolt extended through the forward endsof the bars and the shank, and a strip of resilient metal pivoted at oneend on the side of one of the bars and secured at the other end on apivot pin with its ends in contact with the heads of the bolt to keepthem from turning.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

AMES E. DAVIS. Witnesses a M. M. MCDONALD, F. A. CLEVELAND.

